Fashion Watch: Best (and Worst) Figure Skating Outfits of Pyeongchang

Published February 18, 2018•Updated on February 24, 2018 at 8:52 am

See what your favorite skaters wore for their routines on ice at Pyeongchang.

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Karen Chen's outfit, so reminiscent of a swan in flight, comes with a tastefully embellished leotard dress and ruffled glove.

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Who runs the world? This girl. Mae Berenice Meite of France ditched the short chiffon skirts so favored with other female ice dancers for black leggings and a beautiful jeweled top.

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Ivett Toth of Hungary raised eyebrows with her biker inspired look to pair with an AC/DC track on Feb. 21, 2018. But the risk paid off in spades with her boundary-pushing outfit, so little seen in figure skating, as well as her memorable music choices.

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan not only takes home the gold in figure skating, he takes the prize for most creative outfit as well for his gold medal routine on Feb. 17, 2018. Hanyu tapped deep into his cultural roots with a Japanese, Heian-era inspired top. Hikaru Genji on ice, anyone?

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At first glance, it might seem like Finland's Emmi Peltonen is wearing armor - but it's all embroidery!

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Diana Nikitina of Latvia is another athlete willing to part ways with the traditional, marrying style with practicality with her black bodysuit.

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A gathered puffed-sleeve blouse tucked into a faux corset for Kim Hanul of South Korea, 15, is a refreshing change from the asymmetrical necklines of her ice dancing contemporaries.

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Team Canada's outfits do not hold back – Tessa Virtue wore a loud animal print as a backdrop for the couple's theme of gold shards, perhaps to remind us all of the pair's 2010 gold medal in short dance in 2010? The two are poised for another gold in Pyeongchang after breaking a record for the highest score in pairs short dance in Olympics history for their routine on Feb. 19, 2018.

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Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed of Japan takes their matching color scheme seriously. The pair's tropical palette extends up to Muramoto's lipstick and eye shadow for their routine on Feb. 19, 2018. That cutout might have to go though.

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Mirai Nagasu made history on Feb. 12, 2018 when she became the first U.S. woman to land the triple axel on Olympic ice. Nagasu completed the feat in a red leotard made to look like a traditional Chinese qipao, with a longevity symbol for luck drawn out in rhinestones.

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Adam Rippon might just be the biggest customer for blue rhinestones around, if his Feb. 17, 2018, outfit for Pyeongchang is any indication.

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The devil is in the details, as shown in Evgenia Medvedeva's complicated collar twists on Feb. 11, 2018.

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Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu may be one of the many male skaters wearing white and blue on the rink this Olympics, but the figure skating gold medalist sets his outfit apart with a daring gold waist sash for his Feb. 16 program in Pyeongchang.

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These little skaters might not be old enough to compete (yet), but that doesn't mean they can't show off their own outfits on the job on Feb. 17, 2018.

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Married couple Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim decided to go separate, but complimentary, ways with two different outfits for their Feb. 14 routine. Don't miss the sparkle in Chris' top!

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Paul Fentz of Germany not only dresses like a medieval fighter in gilt panels and chain-mail like mesh, he skates like one too. Fentz performed his Feb. 17 program to music from TV epic "Game of Thrones," much to the delight of GoT fans.

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It's hard to imagine rhinestones, sheer panels and leather in one outfit, but if anyone can make it work, it would be Adam Rippon.

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Keiji Tanaka of Japan didn't go full Tuxedo Mask for his Feb. 17 routine, choosing to go with a more vibrant color scheme for his formal wear on ice instead with a red kerchief in lieu of a rose.

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The ShibSibs took little risk with their Feb. 12 outfits of red and black, with matching rhinestones. Maia's formal halter dress, while beautifully cut, is an odd choice to brother Alex's more casual long-sleeve top.

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Vladimir Morozov's outfit would have been fun and quirky on its own, but it comes close to overdone when paired with Evgenia Tarasova's yellow polka-dot dress on Feb. 15.

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Paige Conners and Evgeni Krasnopolski of Israel tried to go for a matching look for their Feb. 14 program, but Krasnopolski's pastel bolt against blue-gray and black is more confusing than striking.

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Kaitlyn Weaver's fishnet blouse could have been a dazzling statement on ice if it didn't clash so completely with Andrew Poje of Canada's more traditional red blouse. That's a no from us, judge.

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Kazakhstan's Aiza Mambekova made a statement with a deep plunging black dress accented by an elaborate headdress rarely seen on ice. It's a risk that does not pay off - the headwear simply overpowers the elegance of the dress.

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How many graduation cap tassels does it take to make Alexandra Nazarova of Ukraine's outfit?